With the artifact I gave Alister, the magic bag, he should be able to bring the dead bodies of monsters that will serve as the frost wyverns food. While his new partner will be the one to hunt those monsters. Though in all honesty, I only think things as capturing a single frost wyvern and make it as Alister's pet for protection purposes for the branch office. The girl who knew so much was the main reason I went to the peak of the mountain to challenge the wyvern queen.
With the information I got from her, the probability of winning outside the cave would be eleven percent at most while fighting inside the cave would be at least seventy-eight percent.
On our way we killed beast type monsters since I run out of it. It was supposed to be food for the guys at the factory anyway.
We reach the place after two days. From above, I saw new buildings being made in the forest. They already started making the houses for the workers, huh.
Since the workers will increase, I told Nrowe to build houses in the middle of the forest so that workers will have their own proper rooms. There are no strong monsters in the forest due to Alfred slaughtering all of them on a daily basis. While the weak ones are being breed in a different place that will serve as the food for the workers.
I canceled Nia's summoning.
"Nunu, go pick fruits in the forest. I'm sure you already know what the fruits are for"
"Yes, master!" He replied happily and immediately went to the forest after getting a basket inside the house.
I went to Nrowe's office. Nrowe, Jinx, and the girl I saved before was inside.
"You two should go out for now"
Without saying anything, the two went out leaving me and the girl.
"My name is Michael. Yours?"
"I am Airaloa, please call me Aira"
Aira was sitting similar to a noble.
"Now tell me everything you know"
She nodded.
"I am Airaloa Wobhet. A daughter of a baron. I am a seer who has the special skill
"So you are telling me that you can see the future? Then how come you had so much trouble on escaping your pursuers?"
"That is because individuals who are bestowed with the title of 'Hero' can alter the future without even knowing. Meaning, it is your fault that I got into that situation"
She became cranky all of a sudden. Well, Rita did told me about something like heroes being able to rewrite the future but I didn't thought it would be to this degree.
She glared at me.
"How exactly did I hinder your escape? And why were you being chased to begin with?"
"The royal wolf beast man named Alfred was suppose to cause havoc back then. Hours later after the slave traders with the magician, his sister, Nrowe should have died due to the lord's sudden change of mood. Alfred was supposed to be enrage and went berserk since he knew his sister died back then due to his keen sense of smell. He was able to smell the huge amount of Nrowe's blood all over the place thus confirming that she was dead and killing everyone back then. As for me being chased, that was because of my looks. After the marquees sent my father and the others who are also engaging on illegal activities, I was chased by someone due to my good looks"
How confident of her to say something like that.
"So you are saying that you would have escaped unscathed if it wasn't for me"
"That is indeed correct."
"Using your powers, shouldn't you have been able to escape your pursuers by taking a different route?"
It would be weird to think that if the future you saw became different then you should have look again to take the best option.
"I can only use my power once a month. Since I woke up, I started helping the cat girl Nrowe. In a way you can say that your plans are going smoother than you thought because of me"
So she didn't had the chance to look into the future again since she already use it.
"So you were the one who inform Nrowe about the baron in Desafit who loves taking care of her appearance?"
"And how exactly did you end up to that conclusion?"
"Deduction skills"
If she told Nrowe anything other than that, then things would have been led to a different path than this. No wonder I was able to make a connection to the king of Desafit this fast.
"Then why are you helping us?"
"Isn't it normal to help the hero"
"Why help the hero if you already know what kind of man he is?"
"Because you are interesting. Plus, I have things to do that can only be accomplish if I help you. I won't say anything other than that"
So far Loki said she wasn't lying in any part of it.
I think I now know exactly why they went out their way to make a God accompany me when they are so busy. Deducting everything, I will ascend to a state that even they would feel threaten of sooner or later. Since they are not allowed to read my mind having a god that can discern lie from the truth as my companion in the guise of helping me to tell when people is lying is definitely the best choice.
I can't let the Gods above and the Demons below know about this.
"I take it that you will be helping me from now on"
"Yes, since you will either kill me or brainwash me if I don't and I would like to have my freedom, thank you very much. So let me sign the contract already"
She sure is in a hurry.
We sign the contract that indicates Aira will continue to give me true and useful information while staying loyal to me in exchange that she will be doing her own works and that I will be protecting her.
"You should go to the holy kingdom now"
"Why?"
"I can't tell you that. The future will change if I do tell you what will happen"
Seems reasonable enough.
"If the sacred beast, the frost wyvern queen is in the north pole then who is the ruler of the south?"
"That would be the ice drake king. He is also a sacred beast"
"Do you possess any other thing that would be helpful to me?"
"Yes. Regarding to the time of the outbreak, the other hero is the first prince of Astel, the gambler king"
Hold up just a for a moment. WHAT?!
"You are saying that the gambler king and the other hero is the first prince of Astel?!"
"Yes. That is the only thing that I know since I also can't see his future just like you. What I do know about this matter is that the third prince is the root of it all. He killed the fourth prince who is also the crown prince back then and then frame the first prince, Kavon. The nobles believe what the third prince said since they thought that the first prince was jealous for not being selected to be the next king and due to the bad relationship of the two"
This would mean that the hero I am suppose to assist is the gambler king. Kaesul is a bad guy as well. Putting this extremely ridiculous and shocking matter aside,
"What about the religion who serves the demons?"
"I'm sorry but how do you even know that?"
"If there is good there is bad. If there is a good church there will also be a bad church. Sound simple enough, right"
"True. They are called as the 'Blood Moon'. Their current forces is equal to Catros at the moment but it will get larger as the day goes on. And I don't know their location. Someone must be using their own skill to repel mine therefore I do not their location"
"No. That alone is already useful"
She took a sip at her drink.
"As a hero, do you know anything about the Gods? Anything is okay"
She is interested about Gods? Doesn't matter, making our connection closer would only benefit me. Telling her about this won't change anything for me anyways.
"Yes. Those who have the good alignment are in heaven. The Gods with neutral alignment are in the spirit realm. While the evil alignment Gods are in Hell. There are angels in heaven, spirits in the spirit realm, and demons in hell. Anything more than that will cost you a lot"
"I will pay something with equal amount, I assure you that"
"Okay. I don't know how many floors there are in heaven but the spirit realm consist of four floors while hell have seven floors. The Goddess of Soul, God of Life, Goddess of Law, and the God of Death. In hell it would be the seven deadly sins: Demon of pride, demon of greed, demon of envy, demon of lust, demon of wrath, demon of gluttony and demon of sloth. Now, what will you tell me?"
Aira took deep breaths and open her eyes.
"You will need to move fast- No, rather than that, while you are at the holy kingdom for the banquet, I advise you to abduct princess Layla Lorazio. If you don't, then she will never accompany you in your venture. And of course, I can't tell you why"
I have to kidnap Layla? Will something happen to her if I don't. Nevertheless, I was planning to get her anyway so her saying that I should do it now just proves that I am right about something.
"Thank you. I will get going now then"
I went out of the room and went to the factory. A separated room that only I can enter.
I summoned Inosi.
"Inosi, from now on start the preparations for 'Project: N'"
"But master, if I stay here, you will constantly lose mana everyday"
If I summon a spirit for more than a day, it will cost me the same as when I summon them. Just like how Ella and Ello are constantly getting my mana every day back then, the same thing will happen for Inosi's case. He must be worried since he is a mid class spirit which mean that everyday I need to spend about ten thousand mana. But my mana pool is big and my mana regeneration skills are also high so it's no problem for me, the headaches I get from it is extremely irritating though.
Even with absolute mental immunity, it doesn't reach all the way to the side effects of prolonging the summon's time here in this realm. There is a price to pay for the continuous manifestation of a spirit that does not have any physical form. But for Inosi's case, I have already made a plan for that.
I was able to remove that side effect back then by making both Ella and Ello to possess a body that is compatible with them. I still need to give my mana to them if they suffered damage though.
I pulled out a body from my inventory. A high ranking mage that tried to kill me on the orders of Fin Aplora. With this as a vessel, he would be able to stay here without any side effects and I can summon him whenever I want.
Inosi entered the body and the body emanated a brilliant light.
"How do you feel?"
"I am doing great, master! The vessel you have provided just for me is a very comfortable one, I thank you for taking my attribute into consideration"
I didn't. It just happens to be that this guy was also an arcane attribute user. For an arcane attribute user he sure is a weakling. Or am I perhaps stronger because of my broken skills? That doesn't matter anymore right now.
He was able to retain his original appearance. I thought that he would take the appearance of the body. Meh, this is a lot better.
"No need for that. Now you can start it without any problems"
"Of course! Right away!"
Both Jinx and Inosi are now here to make sure that this place will be able to fight anyone that tries to attack. Nrowe's safety is now guaranteed, Alister's safety as well. With his unique class frost wyvern, I don't think there is anyone in Desafit that would be able to take it down. The temperature there is fairly cold so Alister's pet should be able to live there.
Now I can take Alfred with me.
The only thing that can actually create a problem is the teleportation gate. If someone who knows about the underground facility who isn't registered by me, the runes all over the town will notify everyone. Meaning, Nrowe and the others will be able to react if an outsider comes in. The thing is is that it will only activate if they did pass the runes which is surrounding the whole town. Be it underground or the sky, the runes will still be able to detect it.
But if they enter through the teleportation gate, Nrowe and the others won't get notified when an outsider infiltrates. I do have faith in Gwen but it is better to be prepared.
I went to the forest since I can feel Nunu's mana there. He was sorting the fruits and is meticulously arranging them in the basket.
"Let's go. We will be going now"
"Really, master?!"
"Yes"
I took Alfred with me this time so that I can toss him to Hel's labyrinth. I separated Will's soul and body, again. For personal purposes.
We said our goodbyes and went to the magic kingdom via teleportation gate. We then head to Gwen's office.
Inside the office was the two, snuggling together.
"Hey there, I have something important to ask you"
"And that is?"
"Who will be the one going to the holy kingdom? I suppose that you've already receive an invitation"
"I did. Before finishing the teleportation gate, I receive an invitation to go there for a banquet to celebrate the arrival of the hero. And it will be me who will be going" She said while sitting on Troy's lap.
These two sure know how to irritate someone.
Since they have already sent the invitation which was around four days ago, all the guests should arrive around five days from now. I did said Talep to make an invitation to all kingdoms across the world.
"Then, when the banquet starts, make sure not to attack the giant skeleton I will be creating"
Her eyebrow went up, surprise and fascinated to the words that came out of me.
"I don't know why you are going to do that but okay"
"We will get going then"
"Bye bye~"
After a while, we are now at the border of the magic kingdom and the empire using the car. I summoned Ello and a blond girl in a white dress showed up. I also put runes so that no one would hear what we were going to talk about.
"Nunu, you will be going to the capital of the empire to save princess Layla"
The two was surprised. It was the natural reaction. Ello who was in the capital just now didn't get any information about princess Layla being in any kind of 'Danger'. After all I just invented it. Nunu was surprised but it is visible on his face that he wan't to kill anyone that will harm or have harm Layla in any way. Alfred was just sitting at the back and listening to us attentively, confuse since he doesn't know anything about a person named Layla.
"What do you mean by that, master?"
Nunu and Ello's attention were on me, Nunu wanted to know who the fucker that dares to try to harm his beloved while Ello is focusing on me to know where I exactly I got this information.
"I met someone who can see the future. With her help, we will be operating a rescue mission. If we don't something bad will happen to the princess, that is why"
Satisfied with my answer, Nunu let out a long sigh. Knowing that his beloved has not been harm in anyway yet and that we will be rescuing her before something happens to Layla eases Nunu's mind.
"You will be flying there while Ello will be the one to guide you. I will be giving my orders via telepathy. And you are not allowed to disobey my order or the plan will fall apart, got that? In the meantime just scout the area, don't get discovered by anyone, that is all"
Knowing Nunu he is bound to get carried away if it is something related to the princess. So I need to be strict or it will only further endanger Layla.
"I understand"
"Then go"
Nunu turn into a dragon and Ello went on top, they head towards the empire and I continued my drive.
"Master, who is Layla?"
I laugh.
"Let's just say that Nunu fell in love with someone. And they will be rescuing her. Something like that"
Alfred muttered, "Lucky him"
I don't think he know that I heard him so I just pretend I didn't. Is he perhaps jealous that Nunu is going to be with the one he likes? Hahaha, so he still have feelings for Levi then. Right, right, he doesn't know that Levi is a dude.
After a day and a half we arrive near Hel's labyrinth. We were about five hundred meters away. We went out and stretch.
"You will be going inside there and train for the next week, okay?"
"I understand"
I suddenly felt chill run down my spine. I quickly spread my aura everywhere and found out that someone was watching us. About a hundred meters away.
I enhanced my mouth and throat so that the volume of my voice will get amplified.
"Whoever you are, please come out. I don't really have the time to play games right now"
After saying that, Alfred took a fighting stance. He who had more sensing skills than I am was able to pick up someone that even he didn't. The only reason I was able to pick it up is due to the faint blood lust that I felt just now.
A silhouette started to get bigger as it come forward to us from the woods. And a young man around my age showed up.
"Hello~ I am the youngest of the seven kings, the Phantom king Maximos"